tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post618648342234620525..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: Nagoya Card Shop Tour with Dave Part 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-38828886464641117162019-06-12T18:08:32.409-07:002019-06-12T18:08:32.409-07:00Ah cool, I was actually wondering if you would do ...Ah cool, I was actually wondering if you would do that on your second stop! Hope I can see a blog post about it!!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-36925959380266656692019-06-12T09:22:08.395-07:002019-06-12T09:22:08.395-07:00I don't think I told you but I checked out Mat...I don't think I told you but I checked out Match Up when I returned through Nagoya a week later. Nice store although I ended up not buying anything there.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-80699725671292154072019-06-02T18:24:34.275-07:002019-06-02T18:24:34.275-07:00Yeah, I didn't see any vintage sumo at all and...Yeah, I didn't see any vintage sumo at all and I think maybe only the odd box or two of contemporary sumo stuff. I wish they had more!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-3318726513699477582019-06-02T18:23:26.770-07:002019-06-02T18:23:26.770-07:00Yeah, cards come in all shapes and sizes here!
Th...Yeah, cards come in all shapes and sizes here!<br /><br />The little ones are stickers from the 1989 Mermaid Data set. Dave did a blog post about them a while back: http://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2019/02/1989-mermaid-data-cards.htmlSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-78302797574065222312019-06-01T09:31:01.725-07:002019-06-01T09:31:01.725-07:00Some great old stuff there and too bad the shops d...Some great old stuff there and too bad the shops don’t carry the older stuff. I imagine the sumo stuff is even harder to come by. SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-54262663405357025382019-05-31T07:52:40.201-07:002019-05-31T07:52:40.201-07:00That photo with all of the cards he gave you is pr...That photo with all of the cards he gave you is pretty cool. It shows the variety of shapes and sizes cards come in. What are those small cartoon cards in the upper left corner? Those look really cool... and remind me of something I'd see in the Japanese magazines my parents would buy me when I was a kid.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-44114279543521578542019-05-30T23:10:30.308-07:002019-05-30T23:10:30.308-07:00yeah, Mandarake is the best (only) in town for vin...yeah, Mandarake is the best (only) in town for vintage, I recommended it to Dave on that basis. <br /><br />I've actually picked up a few vintage cards from Caps via Yahoo Auctions (where they are still active, not sure but maybe the guy just decided to do it online instead?) <br /><br />You are right about the other shops not doing what Caps did. We asked the guy at Bits if he had some of the Konami Game sets and he said no, because those aren't distributed via card shops. So basically they have established channels that they get stock through and don't stock anything which doesn't come down those pipelines, I guess unlike Caps (kind of wish I had visited that place in person before it closed now!)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-71169198478173652019-05-30T22:29:40.963-07:002019-05-30T22:29:40.963-07:00You'd probably have better luck going to vario...You'd probably have better luck going to various places that sell all sorts of used hobby items (like Mandarake in Osu) for vintage stuff. And even then it's iffy, which should say a lot about the card shops.<br />Caps had a little bit of everything (vintage included) because their approach was to constantly buy more inventory/stock for cheap at various outlets (not sure from where though). The other stores won't put in that effort (and probably for good reason since Caps isn't even open anymore).Zippy Zappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695389359056056119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-47428723341261529572019-05-30T21:03:09.041-07:002019-05-30T21:03:09.041-07:00That is one thing I find really weird: none of the...That is one thing I find really weird: none of these shops had any serious vintage selection.<br /><br />The first time I visited a baseball card store in Japan in 2002 I remember it having a glass showcase dominated by vintage beauties, mostly Calbees from the 70s, but also some Menko and other old stuff. Now though it seems like the card shops just focus on new stuff and inserts.<br /><br />Its weird to me because its not like Japanese collectors don't like vintage - the market for older Calbees (and Menko, etc) on Yahoo Auctions is thriving, so I don't understand why shops don't sell that stuff anymore. I get that their main bread and butter might come from newer stuff, but still it strikes me as odd that they don't even have a side line of older stuff available. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-71357131000830091282019-05-30T20:46:18.390-07:002019-05-30T20:46:18.390-07:00I like Match Up because that's the shop that s...I like Match Up because that's the shop that started my whole cardboard addiction, but honestly it's kind of the weak link for me. It doesn't have a whole lot of singles and for the most part it's more of a box breaking type of store. The owner's nice, but if you're looking for vintage or most NPB things that aren't parallels you're going to be pretty disappointed.<br /><br />As for the Abo card show, Match-Up is one of the vendors who usually sets up there. So you might see them there anyway :P.Zippy Zappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695389359056056119noreply@blogger.com